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It’s unfortunate that the University squandered its opportunity for Fonda’s $12 million since Harvard relies on charity to carry out research. In finalizing the Epstein donation, the University should find the happy medium, where it can negotiate with the donor while maintaining its academic integrity. Though it is unclear whether Fonda would have budged, the University should have put more effort into negotiating the gift’s structure instead of lapsing into negligence. Harvard has a knack for putting money to good use, and if it combines a respect for donors?...
...meeting two weeks ago with University President Lawrence H. Summers, financial baron Jeffrey Epstein pledged the money to support the work of mathematical biologist Martin A. Nowak, who takes his post at Harvard on July...
Nowak said he first met Epstein four years ago when the two were introduced by Princeton University trustee and former Microsoft Chief Scientific Officer Nathan Myrvolb. Since then, the two have formed a close friendship, and Epstein has frequently funded Nowak’s studies—to the tune of $500,000, according to New York Magazine...
...long-time Harvard donor, Epstein has also befriended Summers and former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Henry A. Rosovsky, according to Nowak...
...Epstein, a self-educated Coney Island native, refuses to handle accounts of less than $1 billion, according to New York Magazine...